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o. TBNNEY at G. W. WALTON. Shutter-Fastener.

No. 224,619. Y Patented Feb. I?, 1880.

ATTORNEY WITNESVSES www' fa A A UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORNELIUS TENNEY AND GEORGE NV. VAL'ION, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS OF `ONE-THIRD OF' THEIR EIGHT'` TO WILLIAM O. PEAOE,`OF

SAME PLAGE. 1

SHUTTER-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,619, dated February 1'7, 1880.

Application filed December 30, 1879.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that We, GoENELIUs TENNEY and GEORGE W. WALTON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shutter Fasteners; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which it Io `appertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and in .Whichy Figure l is a side view of our improved window shutter or blind fastener as applied for use; and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the same, partly broken away. i

This invention has relation to improvements in window shutter or blind fasteners of that 2O` class employing a lever so disposed as to permit of its being arranged at right angles to the inner edge of the shutter or blind when opened 5 and it consists of such lever, with one end provided, to one side of its pivotal point, with a projection or extension adapted,when the lever is swung downwardly at right angles to the edge of the blind, to strike under a stop located between the fnlcrum-posts of the lever, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth. 3o A in the accompanying drawings is the window-casing, and B is the blind or shutter, viewed in its open position, and connected to the casing by the hinges C. D is the lever, hung near one end, by a pivot or pin, d, between the studs or short posts E, upon a basclate, c, screwed or otherwise fastened to the ster edge of the casing A. This end of the ever D, which is also cut away, as at f, to enable it to swing clear of .the stop presently 4o to be described, is provided at one side of its pivotal point, or at one side of a right line passing through its fulcrnm, with a projection or heel, g, to permit the projection or heel to pass under and rest in contact with a stop, for

4 5 `the purpose presently to be indicated. h is the aforesaid stop, cast upon or secured to the base-plate c, between the fulcrum-posts E of the lever, and about in line with the fnlcrum of the lever. This stop arrests the movement of the lever D as it is swung downwardly by intercepting its heel or projection g, and thus effects the holding of the lever in a rightangled position 4to and across the inner edge of the shutter or blind when open, as clearly shown in Fig. l, which secures the blind or shutter in an open position.

In order to lock or fasten the blind or shutter in its open position it is onlyT necessary to move the lever by its upper end outward from the window, after having opened the shutter to the position indicated in Fig. l, just past the center of gravity, when the lever will instantly fall by gravity and cause its heel or projection g to strike under the stop h, which will arrest the lever at a position at right angles to the inner edge of the blind or shutter, and thereby hold the shutter or blind securely in its open position.

VThe lever D is thrown or swung up in the position indicated in` dotted lines in Fig. 1 when not in use, and which is necessary before the blind can be closed.

It will be noticed that while the primary i object of the posts or studs E is toafford a support for the fulcrum of the lever they also serve to hold the lever as against lateral pressure, which is necessary to render it effective when in use or holding the shutter open.

F is a plate disposed edgewise to the shutter and fastened to thebuilding, with its outer or free end bent or curved, and adapted to permit of the shutter `or blind, when open, resting against it. While this plate keeps the shutter or blind, as is desirable, from contact with the house, it also serves, with Vthe lever D, to wedge the blind or shutter in position, to prevent the latter from rattling or being marred by the action of the wind or other force.-

We are aware that, broadly, the employment of a pawl or bar with one end pivoted or connected to the window-casing and its other end adapted to swing down past the shutter and rest upon a stud or projection upon the shutter is not new, and we do not, therefore, claim such combination of elements.

Having thus fully described our invention,

we claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- In testimony whereof we have hereunto entsigned our names in presence of two subscrib- A shutter or blind fastener consisting of the ing Witnesses.

lever having a projecting reduced inner end,

5 and a plate having cast therewith parallel ful- CORNELIUS TENNEY.

Crum-studs for the lever, and a stop, also cast GEORGE W. WALTON. f therewith, which arrests and holds the lever in a right-angled position to the edge of the Witnesses: blind or shutter, as shown and described, for MICHAEL SHIELDs,

1o the purpose specied. l WILLIAM E. SHIELDs. 

